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Chapter 392 The Incomplete Scroll?

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A loud crash came from the forest. A young man with long silver hair, wielding a black greatsword, sent a monster flying more than ten meters away, its body slamming heavily against a stone wall.

The monster, still thinking of retaliating, got up from the ground, baring its teeth and threatening, while its eyes were also warily fixed on the silver-haired boy in front of it.

"Oh? So resilient?" Seeing that the monster still had the strength to fight back, the silver-haired boy raised his eyebrows.

"Roar!" A loud roar echoed through the forest, which was quiet for a moment before the ground began to tremble.

With a slight furrow in his brow, the boy glanced around at the surrounding woods and clicked his tongue softly.

"Damn it, you call for backup when you can't beat them? You're such a dog."

As soon as the boy finished speaking, roars of beasts echoed from the surrounding woods. It was estimated that at least five magical beasts were heading this way.

"If you lack martial ethics, then I won't be polite!" With a sharp look in his eyes, the boy raised a hand and shook it at the monster.

Several blue vines with gold stripes sprouted from the ground around the monster, and in the blink of an eye, the monster was bound like a dumpling.

The sounds from the woods grew closer. The boy, wielding a black greatsword, appeared instantly in front of the monster, raised the sword, and swung it down hard on the monster's head.

Blood splattered everywhere, staining the boy's long, silvery-white hair. After searching through the monster's corpse for a while, he pulled out a magic core and, without a second thought, leaped onto a treetop.

Two seconds after the boy jumped onto the treetop, seven or eight magical beasts rushed out of the surrounding woods. Upon seeing the monster corpses lying on the ground, the seven or eight monsters immediately roared to the sky and quickly scattered.

The boy didn't rush down. Although there was no sound around, he knew better than anyone that the magical beasts were probably lying in ambush nearby.

"Damn, luckily I'm a cut above the rest." The boy wiped the sweat from his forehead and let out a long sigh of relief.

The young man was none other than Jing Chen, who had been in the Monster Mountain Range for half a month. The locations of all the monsters had already been detected by Jing Chen's spiritual power. Even Jing Chen wouldn't dare to easily challenge so many monsters.

It should be noted that Jing Chen is currently only a Seven-Star Dou Zhe.

In the past two weeks, Jing Chen has been either hunting magical beasts or on his way to hunt them, and his cultivation level has naturally increased by one star.

"Damn it, if this damned curse hadn't devoured so much of my power, would I be in such a miserable state?" Jing Chen said helplessly.

After glancing at the magic core in his palm, Jing Chen casually tossed it into his ring. He had found countless such magic cores in the past two weeks.

He waited in the tree for a full half hour before the magical beasts finally dispersed. Jumping down from the tree, Jing Chen didn't dare linger and quickly left.

Upon returning to the waterfall, Jing Chen immediately washed off all the bloodstains, changed his clothes, and sat cross-legged by the pool, with the Xuanzhong Ruler on his lap.

"It's been half a month already, and I feel like my strength hasn't improved as much as I imagined," Jing Chen said.

"You kid, be content. An ordinary person can only survive alone in the Monster Beast Mountain Range for three days at most. You've been in the Monster Beast Mountain Range for half a month. Besides, you were originally a Dou Zun, so the improvement you're getting now is really not that great." Yao Lao floated to the side, looking at Jing Chen with a helpless smile.

Jing Chen remained silent; after all, what Yao Lao said was true. In this Monster Mountain Range, Jing Chen was as comfortable as if he were in his own backyard, invincible in one-on-one combat.

Suddenly, Jing Chen sensed something, his eyes snapped to the back, and his figure vanished instantly.

A few people emerged from the woods, looked at the waterfall, quickly searched the surroundings, and then gathered in front of the waterfall.

"We found traces of burnt-out campfires, indicating that someone had camped here for a period of time."

"Some bloodstains were found in the river; they look fresh. The blood hasn't flowed away, so the person hasn't been gone long. Go after them!"

Soon, the group left the waterfall. Hidden in the shadows, Jing Chen frowned, watching the direction they had gone.

"Wolf Head Mercenary Group!" Jing Chen gritted his teeth, practically squeezing the words out from between them.

"It seems they've been chasing you for a long time. It took them half a month to find this place. They must be having a tough time too," said the old apothecary.

Jing Chen knew, of course, that the Monster Mountain Range was different from other places. To capture him here, they would not only have to be wary of the monsters, but also of Jing Chen himself. The fact that they could find this place also meant that the Wolf Head Mercenary Group was determined to kill him this time.

"Damn it, I finally found a suitable training ground, and now I have to run around everywhere again," Jing Chen cursed angrily.

Despite his deep resentment, Jing Chen had no choice but to find a new place for peace and quiet. Now that this location had been found, it wasn't hard to imagine that even more mercenaries would come afterward.

Jing Chen remained cautious throughout the journey. Having found this place, there were bound to be many mercenaries nearby. However, Jing Chen had no interest in arguing with these mercenaries; he wanted to avoid them if possible.

As dusk settled, Jing Chen finally found a decent spot before it got completely dark. This place also had a waterfall, and this one was even larger than the previous one. Letting out a long sigh, Jing Chen felt a sense of helplessness.

Taking out an ancient scroll from his ring, Jing Chen carefully examined it. This scroll was the one he had found in the cave, the one on the skeleton sitting upright. Something hidden among bones by the former couldn't be anything of value.

He unrolled the scroll and slowly laid it out. Having learned from the example of the Purple Cloud Wings, Jing Chen figured this scroll was probably some kind of martial arts technique or fighting skill. If it suited him, Jing Chen wouldn't mind practicing another move. But as soon as he unrolled the scroll, Jing Chen was dumbfounded: "This...this is..."

What appeared before his eyes was a piece of parchment made of some unknown material. On the slightly yellowed parchment were some seemingly irregular patterns. Jing Chen looked at it carefully, trying to figure out something from these patterns, but as he followed one pattern, he looked away from the parchment.

"What the hell is this thing?" Jing Chen was completely dumbfounded, staring at these unrelated pieces of parchment. This was probably the first time in a long time that a piece of parchment had left him so bewildered.

At this moment, the old apothecary also floated out, his gaze sweeping over the skin. He frowned and pondered, "It seems... to be an incomplete map."

"A map? And it's incomplete? Damn it, the thing I risked my life to bring out is still incomplete?" Upon hearing this, Jing Chen was immediately furious. And something incomplete was hidden so well—who was he trying to show it to?

Ignoring Jing Chen's words, Yao Lao slowly unfolded the parchment completely and examined it carefully from back to back. When his gaze suddenly fell on a blurry thing in the corner of the parchment that resembled a lotus flower, his expression changed slightly. He bent down again to carefully observe this refining-like thing.

At this moment, Jing Chen had no time to pay attention to Yao Lao. Xuan Yuan Yi wasn't by his side, and perhaps wouldn't return for another month or two. This meant that Jing Chen wouldn't be able to use his strongest weapon for the next month or two. The Xuan Heavy Ruler was good, but Jing Chen couldn't be satisfied with just that.

Therefore, Jing Chen focused his attention on the system shop. Since leaving Douluo Continent, Jing Chen hadn't really looked at the system shop properly; even when he did, it was only for things like materials in the current world. He didn't look at any of the recommended items in the system shop.

Moreover, he still has a lot of system points he accumulated in Douluo Continent. After deducting the items he bought before, Jing Chen now has exactly one million system points left.

Seeing this, Jing Chen couldn't help but thank the guys in Slaughter City. Without their strenuous assistance, he wouldn't have gotten so many system points. Looking at the weapon section, Jing Chen's gaze immediately fell on the first one: the Fangtian Halberd.

(End of this chapter)